over the weekend, the lakers and phil jackson were in discussion and it appeared that jackson was as surprised as anyone that mike dant ochl ni is the new laker coach. a four-year deal, $12 million. at first i thought, i'm not so sure i like this for the lakers but then it started to make sense. he would be a good fit. he coached the guard and won mvps under dantoni. kobe likes him. it makes sense in terms of an up tempo offense, an offense that they can install quickly. >> i like the dirt. i heard that jackson wanted insane things in his contract and that's really why he didn't get the job. >> that is a good point. he wanted an eight-figure salary which is what he left with, probably more than what he left with in 2011. also, there was talk of control of operations and travel where he wouldn't have to make certain road trips and his assist sants would take over. i mean, if you can live with that, i guess that's okay. but apparently in the end the lakers wanted a full-time coach. >> bye-bye, phil. let's talk about michael vick. it's a sad story, at least in my mind. he suffered a con